Events Archive

Previous Buying Green events will be listed here.

2013

Green Summit - Greening By Example
Sacramento Convention Center
1400 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
April 18, 2013 and April 19, 2013

For more information, please visit the Green Summit.

EPP Workshop

State Employees: Interested in learning more about Environmentally Preferable Purchasing, also known as Buying Green, and how you can incorporate Buying Green practices into your purchases?

The Department of General Services Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program, through the California Procurement & Contracting Academy (Cal-PCA), is hosting this half-day Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Workshop for State Employees on May 2, 2013 from 8:30am to 12:00pm.

2012

Responsible Purchasing Network: Office Products Roundtable
Webinar
October 31, 2012, 10:00 am-11:30 am PDT

Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Workshop
Half-Day Lectured Training, 8:30AM PDT

October 12, 2012
October 26, 2012

Sarta's Sixth Annual CleanStart Showcase: Spotlighting Sacramento Clean Business
Sacramento State University Union
October 22, 2012. 9:00AM PDT - 5:15PM PDT

For more information CleanStart.

Choosing Safer Sanitizers and Disinfectants
Webinar
September 24, 2012. 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM PDT

National Pollution Prevention Week: Highlight your Pollution Prevention Achievements!
September 17-23, 2012
This is a week for individuals, businesses, and governments to highlight their pollution prevention achievements.

Green Purchasing: Tools for Federal, State, and Local Governments
Webinar
July 19, 2012. 1:00PM - 2:30PM EST

Click here to visit RPN for more information.

We Are What We Eat and Breathe, and Build — Preventing chronic diseases and protecting the environment by building healthy communities
Webcast Lecturer: Richard Jackson, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P.
Byron Sher Auditorium, 2nd Floor, Cal/EPA Building
1001 I Street, Sacramento, California
July 11, 2012. 12:00 PM (Noon)

For more information, please visit Chair's Lecture Series.

Fluorescent Lighting; Phosphor Shortages and Marketplace Strategies
Webinar
June 27, 2012. 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT

Sustainable Design and Manufacturing Roundtable
NCMS Headquarters
3025 Boardwalk, Ann Arbor, MI 48108
June 12, 2012

For more information, please visit Sustainable Design.

Western Sustainability and Pollution Prevention Network (WSPPN) Training & Conference
Sheraton Grand Hotel
1230 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
May 15-17, 2012

For more information, please visit the WSPPN.

Green Summit - Building a Green Future for the Golden State
Sacramento Convention Center,
1400 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
April 26, 2012 and April 27, 2012

For more information, please visit the Green Summit.

2011

CalPCA Training - Introductory Course for Buying Green
California Department of General Services, West Sacramento, CA
October 13, 2011

2010

CalPCA Training - Introductory Course for Buying Green
California Department of General Services, West Sacramento, CA

November 15, 2010
October 18, 2010
September 15, 2010

California Air Resources Board Presents Workshop for Amendments to the Off-Road, Truck, Bus, Drayage Truck and LSI Fleet Regulations
Multiple Dates and Locations Listed on Flyer

Click to View ARB Workshop Flyer

2009

Paper Forum
June 24, 2009

Gain insights into the post consumer recycle content in paper products controversy. View the information as presented by pulp and paper industry, environmental organizations, standards and certification organization and various levels of State government at the California Department of General Services Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Open Forum:

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